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I read a thread on here some months ago regarding light switches of the wireless kind. Cant find it now, can anyone remind me what the brand name is please.

An unmarked van pulled up today. I was in the workshop/shed/laundry room and since the guy that got out wasn't wearing a mask I stayed put and watched. Just under 15 minutes had our shiny new Linky meter installed and the instructions pushed through the letter box. OH was just about to set off the washing machine and I was about to switch on the...

Hello all, does anyone know what the handwritten words 'beus ce' under a fuse on my fuse box means?

It is causing the RCD to flip but following the normal process with fuse boxes and after eliminating everything that is plugged in I can't find what is causing the flip.

Many thanks!

Moving into a new new gaff can never both a relief and a pia. An example of the latter can be getting used to all this new fangled stuff.

A couple of weeks ago oh decided on the lampshade that she wanted in the bedroom and bought it.
It was not until I came to fit it that the faceria began.

It turned out that it was not as simple as it could...

This house needs a complete rewire but as it’s being renovated one room at a time, I'm redoing it as I go.
Today I pulled the wires from the mains supply.
Red and earth.
I'm sure even 40 years ago that was wrong.

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I have bought a 1kw wall heater for a conservatory type room. She thinks her dogs will get cold in there overnight. It has a blue/brown and black wire. Assuming the blue & brown are live & neutral the black seems to be a pilot wire to link another heater ( M. Google translate has indicated that to be the case)
Can I assume the heater is double...

I’m sure this is going to help Mysty :). We came across it when starting to clear the last house, not only do we have this but some very useful old tools. Everything was carefully stored away.

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Electronics problem. Any useful tips please?

We have just got back home after being away. The house has bee locked up for four months.

The morning I tried to operate the electric driven store, or blind to provide a little shade vial the control unit.

Marked on the back as jelly meter A E5247

Code 000 20317.

The shade started to extend. I went...

Two tubes have stopped working in the garage.

We got new ones, up the ladder he goes - it’s a high ceiling - pops in the new tube....nothing.

Changes the starter thingy - nothing, moves ladder to,other end of fitting changes starter.... nothing.
Swaps tube to other side of fitting, works perfectly.

Decides to look inside the fitting - two...

Can anyone advise a circuit diagram or relay type to remote start a 3 phase motor. I have a heatpump giving a 220V 7A output to stop and start a water supply pump of 1.5kW. I want to use this feed to hold in the contactor of the motor starter and also have manual push buttons. In fact a standard starter with thermal OL and a phase protector...

Is it possible to buy replacement controls for these radiators? I have two which generate plenty of heat but the controllers appear to have failed so they stay on all the time.

I need to connect an electric stove that has max wattage 9200 wattage.
I think That I need to use about 1.2 m of 40amp cable.
I have only found two suppliers who want to charge me about €15 / 16 with another €4/6 on top to deliver ton a depot that is over km. 100 away for me to collect.

I think that the price is a bit steep and there must be an...

Our local Brico Cash has the above on promotion on Friday next, with only a limited number available. We need a couple of electric radiators and I wondered if these are any good. I have to admit I have no idea what a ceramic inertia radiator is, so perhaps somebody here can tell me if they're anything special and why. For info the 1000W model will...

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We've had an offer accepted on a property and the diagnostics have a few bits and bobs but no info on when the property (which is old) was rewired. As we won't be there much of the year I think that's a worry. Or is the fact that it's only got a few minor issues on the diagnostic proof that the wiring is probably ok. We'd need to leave a...

Not electric problem ?

I have a Wagner w300E sprayer and most of a ‘ Kit traitement du bois’ that I brought to treat our hose in 1999.
I used it very frequently in the first month of its acquisition then it went back on its dedicated box. I think that I used is a couple of times since. The last time being about 4/5 years ago. Due to pending move...

Hi,
Just in early stages of hoping to buy a bit of a project. Most work is cosmetic but it does need a rewire.
Anybody got experience of full rewire of an average 3 bedroom detached in Haut-Marne area please? Just trying to get a ball park idea at this stage,
Thanks

I have to fit a new prise, and it has to be fed by multistrand. As prises are like wagos and need rigid, this poses a problem. My solution is to cut maybe 10cm of rigid cable and use these to connect to the prise. At the other end, use a domino - rigid into one side, multistrand into the other. It can all be hidden behind the placo.
Has anyone a...

Interesting, sounds plausable, we have the technology, but how real is it ( question mark)
( I have to write that because that key does not work on this old keyboard)
I cannot imagine a handmedown pacemaker.

I have at last found the AFNOR check sheets for an electrical installation, on the right hand side are three columns headed R*, NR* and SO* I am assuming these refer to the UK equivalent EICR r1, rn and r2 am I correct in this assumption or is it just a tick list as I suspect.

I've just been told that I'm going to have my meter changed to a Linky. At the moment, I have dual tariff, but I'm not bothered if I lose that.
However, I have read that Linky meters are iffy, in some ways. Plus, I can refuse the change. So, what do I do?

Thanks

We have an 18kvA monophasé supply, which we know is no longer possible and none of the suppliers will install this any more. (It supplies two heat pumps, and a 3 bed house and 4 bed house with all their kit)

But we don’t understand why? Is it more dangerous? If so why? Should we be concerned about size of internal cables?

Or should we just...

I have 2 pairs of large double sliding barn doors, on which I'd like to fit alarms which would activate if the doors were opened. I can't fit locks because they are emergency/fire escape routes. The doors slide back against the outside wall on each side and don't overlap, i.e. the 2 door edges meet when they are closed.

I know nothing about...

Anyone have a link to the bit of kit that goes in the CU to prioritise your power requirements?

In the past I have lost a few telephones computers and modems now after seeing a few flash and bangs I go here

A few weeks back I saw a storm was near and unplugged all of our computers modems and telephones but a strike 300 metres away blew the boiler and a few detector lights, all the Disjuntor Bipolars blew and worked but not quick enough...